Start8 v1.20 Update Available

Bug still not completely fixed: https://forums.stardock.com/443842/page/1/

"Recently opened items in jump list" are properly being cleared, but "Recently opened programs" still need the start menu to be opened twice to make them disappear.

Could you provide an example of when this is actually causing a problem in use vs being a minor cosmetic issue?

well, this actually IS a minor cosmetic issue, but still quite boring for me since i use to clear my recently used programs/opened items each time i use the PC. this bug certainly has no high priority but since Start8 is a product i paid for i just wanted to report that the bug is still there and maybe you wished to fix it in next releases

Will compatibility with these skins be added at some point?

http://fediafedia.deviantart.com/art/Aero-Ultimate-FINAL-81684745

http://ernasco.deviantart.com/art/Aero-Seven-Xp-RC5-134438015

I think they they use the same base skin. When I apply these, the right half of my Start8 menu is 'wiped' when I move the mouse pointer over the left or right half of the menu. That is to say, the text largely disappears. What is more, after applying one of these two skins (and moving the mouse pointer over the menu) links on the right hand side are no longer where I expect them to be - clicking in a spot that used to open one programme may suddenly open another.

I also posted about this problem in a previous thread, but the problem, unfortunately, persists.

Hello, 

is there anybody else, who have 2 different startbuttons at the same time?

I've updated to windows 8.1 and Start8 1.2 today and the result is very sad. 

I tried a tool called "Start Killer", but it delete the start8 and not the Windows startbutton.

Please help me. Thank you.

Best regards, Marian

Is that a vertical taskbar?  Are you using small taskbar buttons?

Also which build of Windows 8.1?

Options for showing the Windows 8.1 Start screen in other than full-screen mode are disabled in this version of Start8Options for showing the Windows 8.1 Start screen in other than full-screen mode are disabled in this version of Start8

I hope this is coming back.

A couple of glitches under 8.1 RTM x64: 1. Handling of Windows 8 context menu a bit awkward - if right click Start button while a Window/Desktop has focus, get Windows 8 context menu; if right-click Start button while Taskbar has the focus, get Start8 context menu. I understand there may be no better option though. 2. When Modern apps are hidden in Start8, Camera, PC Settings, Photos, SkyDrive, Store are still visible (anything that lives in the top level of the Start Menu folder and cannot be moved or hidden). PC Settings and Store are useful, so they could stay, but Camera suggests that anything that installs itself there will be shown.

The only applications which can have installed outside of the normal location will be Microsoft OS provided ones as no Modern App is permitted to create shortcuts anywhere.

Having checked here with the latest build I do not see any issues with the right click context menu on the start button.  It always shows the Start8 menu regardless of what had focus which makes sense as the act of right clicking causes the taskbar to gain focus anyway.  It is possible the difference is because I have a slightly newer build, or it could be something else, so I would be curious to know if the issue continues after a reboot.

Out of curiosity, what made you want to upgrade so early?  Microsoft made an announcement stating that while RTM copies are availble, there's going to be a likely large bug-fixing patch on actual launch.  I considered doing it myself until I saw that but I still would've done a disk-level backup even on release much less RTM just in case.  Took me ages to setup all the development requirements for this thing.

I'm merely asking as I really haven't followed the change list and the small parts I saw didn't seem relevant to what I use it for.  Have no plans to get a Surface which seems to be a lot of the changes and the rest only really towards the Modern UI which after even like 8 months maybe, I still have yet to install a single Modern app

We keep making development easier and easier and despite all that, I think maybe 5% of the developers I meet even know what the stack and heap are or are used for.  It's one abstraction layer on top of another so its no wonder we need to keep increasing CPU speeds not to mention it's pretty hard to program with performance in mind when you haven't a clue how the engine interpreting your code works or the OS underneath it.